The senior Canton Police officer, who oversaw scene operations at 34 Fairview Street on the snowy January 2022 morning Boston Police officer John O’Keefe died, is about to retire.
Lt. Paul Gallagher, the city’s high earner final 12 months at $322,389.05, has submitted his retirement papers which the Choose Board accredited on Tuesday. He has served 30 years within the power.
A Herald evaluation of the city’s payroll for 2023 discovered that 4 Canton law enforcement officials who responded to the scene that morning earned greater than $200,000 in complete pay final calendar 12 months, with Gallagher on the high.
Gallagher, who took the stand in early Could through the Karen Learn homicide trial, testified to overseeing scene operations together with securing the positioning, accumulating proof and interviewing witnesses.
“Nothing about the scene was standard,” Gallagher stated of the Canton property the morning of Jan. 29, 2022. He testified he had by no means secured against the law scene within the snow throughout his 30-year profession.
He stated he used a leaf blower to softly take away snow from the realm the place different officers advised him O’Keefe’s physique had been. There, Gallagher stated he collected six samples of presumed blood from the realm in purple Solo cups and situated a shattered piece of a consuming glass.
However, he stated below cross-examination, he noticed “none” of the damaged tail gentle items police would say they later discovered on the scene.
O’Keefe died at age 46 when prosecutors allege his girlfriend of two years, Learn, 44, of Mansfield, backed her Lexus SUV into him at excessive velocity, leaving him to die within the chilly throughout a significant snowstorm.
Protection attorneys counter that exterior actors killed O’Keefe and conspired with state and native police to border Learn for his homicide.
Gallagher’s base wage final 12 months was $153,101.27 however he earned greater than double that with $100,972.16 in particulars and $52,938.54, payroll information present.
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